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Testing with the Variable Table
20.3 Editing and Saving Variable Tables
Programming with STEP 7
444 Manual, 05/2010, A5E02789666-01
20.3.1.1 How to Create and Open a Variable Table
Alternative 1 in the SIMATIC Manager
1. Select the offline project view.
2. Open the block folder in which you want to save the variable table.
3. Select the menu command Insert > S7 Block > Variable Table.
4. In the dialog box, specify the name of the variable table.
5. You can open the variable table by double-clicking the object.
Alternative 2 in the SIMATIC Manager
• In an online window (online view of the project or "Accessible Nodes"), select the menu
command PLC > Monitor/Modify Variables. The "Monitoring and Modifying Variables"
window is opened.
Alternative 3 in "Monitor/Modify Variables"
• Create a new variable table using the menu command Table > New in the window displayed.